Simon Jordan questions Erik ten Hag's handling of Marcus Rashford situation
Simon Jordan has questioned Erik ten Hag's handling of the Marcus Rashford saga, suggesting he made a mistake by opening it up to the media.
He manchester united The striker was spotted at a nightclub just hours before turning up ill for United training on Friday morning.
In his press conference on Friday, Ten Hag confirmed that Rashford was ill, but when asked about it during Sunday's FA Cup clash against Newport County, the Man United boss revealed that the striker had missed the match. because it was “an internal matter.” '.
Questioned further, Ten Hag said: “I'm not going to go in this case. We talked about it before, we played a good game and now we move on.”
But although the Dutch coach intended to silence any conversation about the forward's conduct, Simon Jordan he believes that Ten Hag actually only made things worse.
Asked how firm Ten Hag should be with Rashford, Jordan told talkSPORT: “It depends on what he's done. Ultimately, if he plays on a Saturday, many coaches would let a player come out on Wednesday.
“We don't know how long he was in a nightclub; he could have stayed until midnight and then returned home, for all we know, I don't have the details.
“The question is why is he not training on Friday and Ten Hag, anticipating this question, why does he need to make it an internal matter? The answer is “he's not feeling very well.” That's it, that's the end of the discussion.
“He has chosen to make it a media issue. You don't need to deal with it through the media. If there is a problem with Marcus Rashford's attitude then he has to face it face to face, but he has to.
“Anything with Manchester United, anything that is not there will be questioned because of the nature of the perception that people have of what is happening at the club with the change of ownership, the cultural side of the football club and not win nothing with everything up in the air since then. Mr Alex Ferguson left.
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“You know you're going to be asked these questions, so the answer would have been very simple, 'it's not very good,' and the rest would have taken care of itself and he would have taken care of it, but for whatever reason chose to pass it on.
“I don't know if this is a capital sin. I do not know if Mark Rashford He's legitimately sick and I don't know if going out on a Thursday night is any different than going out on a Wednesday night when he's playing on a Saturday.
“I suppose Rashford has told him that he is not feeling very well, but we are talking about a coach who also has the form for this and then the question is why does Ten Hag want to do it this way?
“Forget Rashford, he can be dealt with. He is an employee who can be put under control or sold. This has been going on for too long with him: he is not a top-level player, he is a good player.
“A top-level player does not score 3, 4, 5 or 7 goals one season and then 30 the next. He is a good player but not a world class player.
“The issue is Ten Hag and his willingness to involve questioning, controversy and the accumulation of adverse thoughts and influences and why does he want to do that? It must be a management style.
“He did it with Jadon Sancho and I agree with him for doing it with Jadon Sancho, I do, but I don't think it's a continuing trend that works. I don't think it's a unity mentality in the locker room.
“If you use the media, you can use it once or twice. You cannot use them as a basic diet or as a default setting as a management tool.
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“The media was given a thread and all they need is a thread.”
Man United will be next in action against Wolves in the Premier League on Thursday night, however, it remains to be seen if Rashford will be involved.
